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Party leaders are ignoring the three-quarters of registered Democrats who oppose providing military aid to Israel.

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The filing states the Bureau of Land Management will violate the Endangered Species Act if it allows oil drilling in the national forest.

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In its 6-3 decision, the court gutted the legislation that ended apartheid in this country—and once again gave white people the ability to suppress Black political power.

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<article data-history-node-id="425700" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lawyer-says-detained-gaza-doctor-hussam-abu-safia-critical-condition" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lawyer-says-detained-gaza-doctor-hussam-abu-safia-critical-condition" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lawyer says detained Gaza Doctor Hussam Abu Safia in critical condition</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="342" data-start="111">The health of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has severely deteriorated in Israeli detention in Israel's infamous Ofer prison, his lawyer said in a statement on social media.</p> <p>Israeli forces arrested Abu Safia on 27 December from the hospital in Beit Lahia in north Gaza, which was left out of service following Israeli attacks.</p> <p>All medical staff, patients, and their relatives were taken out of the hospital at gunpoint, forced to strip down to their underwear.</p> <p data-end="897" data-start="564">Remaining&nbsp;in solitary confinement,&nbsp;Abu Safiya&nbsp;has lost more than 40kg (88 pounds) since his arrest and was reportedly beaten on 24 June, his lawyer said. He was denied medical care despite requesting treatment for injuries to his ribs, face and back, as well as for irregular cardiology test results.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.